Not one week into its UK sales debut, Sony’s re-imagined, slim-sized PlayStation 3 is already enjoying massive sales, up nearly 1000 percent over the prior week. The UK and Denmark market-researcher Chart-Track, which reported that figure, told biz watcher MCV “the sales increase is very impressive,” adding that the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 as [...]

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SAN FRANCISCO– Videogames sales took a surprising turn south during the month of March, as the slowing economy combined with fewer blockbuster releases. According to a report from the NPD Group, sales of game software in the U.S. fell 17% during the month, compared to the same period the previous year. Wall Street analysts had largely [...]

Blockbuster (BBI: 0.7136, 0.0336, 4.94%) denied on Tuesday it plans to file for bankruptcy protection, swatting down rumors that sent shares of the world’s largest movie rental chain down nearly 80%. “We don’t intend to file for bankruptcy,” spokeswoman Karen Raskopf told FOX Business. The comments come in contrast with an earlier Bloomberg News report [...]

The PlayStation 2 received 30.2 percent of all console gaming minutes in 2008 (January to October), according to the Nielsen Media Research group. That statistic is a bit surprising until you consider that Sony has sold more than 140 million PS2s since its launch. With the largest footprint, the PS2 should have the largest usage [...]

Blu-ray sales in the UK didn’t keep up their mind melting increases from earlier in the year, but considering the economic slowdown worldwide, a 378% jump from 2007 doesn’t seem too disappointing. The British Video Association and Official Charts Company numbers point out a 1.9% lift in DVD sales as a whole in 2008, including [...]

Stand-alone Blu-ray Disc player revenue during the week of Thanksgiving and Black Friday more than tripled from a year earlier. $30 million was spend for 147,000 Blu-ray players during the week and 1 out of 4 video-disc players sold was Blu-ray machines up from 6% a year earlier. Sony and Samsung, selling their cheapest Blu-ray players for [...]

Okay, I’ll have to admit I asked for this a bit. In my last post about Denon Blu-ray players I demanded to know what Denon would describe as ‘high-end’, after their ‘entry-level’ player cost $900. Well, this is it. It’s the catchily-named DVD-A1UD, and it’ll play back Blu-ray discs, Super Audio CD (SACD), DVD-Audio, DVD-Video and [...]

The video game industry is booming around the world despite economic downturns seen in some countries like America. Three firms are battling for the gamers’ money around the world including Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Bloomberg reports that the Nintendo Wii outsold the Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 in the U.S. last month. Nintendo sold 666,000 [...]

The official PlayStation forums (via Kotaku) are exploding today after the recent and long-awaited 2.40 firmware update for the PlayStation 3 hit consoles with some added surprises. Owners of every model of PS3 are reporting problems ranging from the small — microphone’s cutting out — to the monumental — consoles remaining frozen at the initial [...]